PSAT Lesson 15

Question 0

Antecedent

Answer 0

Preceding a cause

Question 1

Abate

Answer 1

To reduce in intensity or amount

Question 2

Arid

Answer 2

Very dry

Question 3

Baneful

Answer 3

A source of harm or destruction; harmful, destructive

Question 4

Beleaguer

Answer 4

To harass

Question 5

Contempt

Answer 5

Scorn, extreme dislike or disdain

Question 6

Cynical

Answer 6

Given to fault finding, sneering, and sarcasm; exhibiting, mocking disbelief

Question 7

Dexterous

Answer 7

Skillful and active with the hands; manually adroit and skillful

Question 8

Dour

Answer 8

Sullen, stern, harsh

Question 9

Exalt

Answer 9

To glorify, to praise, to raise in rank

Question 10

Felicitous

Answer 10

Happy or delightful

Question 11

Impeccable

Answer 11

Free from fault or blame

Question 12

Imperturbable

Answer 12

Marked by extreme calm, impassivity, assurance and steadiness

Question 13

Malleable

Answer 13

Capable of being shaped, influenced, or altered; tractable

Question 14

Mortify

Answer 14

To humiliate, to wound pride, to experience shame

Question 15

Obdurate

Answer 15

Extremely stubborn, unwilling to accept advice

Question 16

Platitude

Answer 16

Trite remark, banal statement

Question 17

Profligate

Answer 17

A wasteful person; extremely wasteful, given to licentiousness

Question 18

Pugnacious

Answer 18

Looking for a fight, combative, belligerent

Question 19

Savory

Answer 19

Appetizing

Question 20

Spurn

Answer 20

Supercilious

Question 21

Supercilious

Answer 21

Haughty, vain and arrogant

Question 22

Trite

Answer 22

Overused, commonplace, hackneyed

Question 23

Vociferous

Answer 23

Clamorous; boisterous (suggests a vehement outcry)

Question 24

Vulgarity

Answer 24

Something offensive to good taste and refinement